Brieske has adjusted the grip on his slider over the offseason to give the pitch more spin, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports. Brieske said his previous slider acted more like a cutter at times, but he's ...

The Athletic has live coverage of the MLB Wild Card Round. Months before he broke his hand and paused the breakthrough season of his career, Anthony Banda hit rock bottom. Baseball had made a habit of ...

During a three-start stretch in late June, righthander Ryan Murphy allowed a combined 10 earned runs in 12.1 innings for Low-A San Jose. His ERA ballooned from 2.48 to 3.80. The 21-year-old Murphy had ...

NEW YORK – On the morning of Hurston Waldrep’s MLB debut, Spencer Schwellenbach spoke glowingly of his good friend. To a question about Waldrep developing the splitter and what it says about his ...

Opposing hitters went 23-for-220 (.105 batting average) against Liam Hendriks’ slider from 2019-23. During that stretch, the 35-year-old righty won two AL Rivera Reliever awards and earned three ...

Brady Singer was not happy about the way his past couple starts had gone -- outings that had him searching for answers about ...

The Philadelphia Phillies have some of the best pitching in all of Major League Baseball, with Cristopher Sanchez having a strong case for the Cy Young award out of the National League. He was the ...

PHOENIX — In the minutes before his most recent outing, as he warmed up in the bullpen before facing the Giants, Carlos Carrasco on a whim decided to experiment. He had seen a video on Instagram that ...

Ashcraft struck out 10 "B-Team" Padres in Wednesday night's spring training start over six innings. After the start he exuded about the progress he has made with his slider, a pitch he's using a new ...